The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-11-12
SPIES LAST TALK.
An Ideal UtOpian Dream.
That is TO be Realized by Riot. Arson
Bomb-throwing and BlOOdshed.

CHICAGO, November 1.-THE real, ul-
innate purposes of the anarchists; what
they hope to accomplish in the way
of benefit to themselves and man.
kind in general by riot. bomb-throw-
ing, arson and murder, and what form of
government or what social system they
design TO establish when anarchy shall
have achieved its triumph in the over
throw of those now existing IN our
country, are questions that have puzzled
many who have read the speeches and
writings of anarchistic agitators. Au-
gust Spies, hanged here this morning,
and who was urQuestionably the master
spirit of his order in this country, as he
was its best educated and most practical
mind as well as its clearest and most
logical thinker and talker, of late spoke
very freely on those subjects to all per-
mitted to visit him in the murderer's
cage which he and his condemned com
rades occupied in the Jail.
"There are many intelligent and thrifty
men in the ranks of the anarchists and
communists, despite all statements TO
the contrary" he said, in reply TO a
| question, "and they are actuated by a
definite, earnest purpose and are en-
| deavoring to carry out a well-arTanged
plan. Of course, 10 the ignorant rank
and file-the unthinking cats whom We
monkies use to pull our chestnuts out of
the fre-anarchism means simply one
perpetual picnic of riot, bloodshed, arson,
promiscuous plunder and licentiousness,
but that is not the idea of the powers be-
hind the throne who secretly direct and
control the whole movement. We only
desire to bring about temporary anarchy
that we NAV weave out of it the most
/ Il o,al faI sl,a x.v,yll hoe
seen. We deplore the use of dynamite
bombs as much as anyone can. but we
regard them as an indispensable means
of attaining a most desirable end. Thou
sands of gallons of the best blood of the
north and south had to be spilled TO es-
tablish in this country the glorious prin-
ciple of universal freedom, and ii Is only
by bloodshed that our great social revo-
luton can be brought about.
"Our plan is to first overthrow all
government; to stamp out the pernicious
idea that there can be any individual
right of ownership in anything that God
has made. and to establish in its stead
the glorious principle that He created all
things to be owned and enjoyed alike by
all mankind. Then We propose TO or
ganize this whole great country, and
eventually the whole world, into a
theocratic community upon the princi-
pie of holding all things in common,
taking for our models the community
established by Pythagoras ia the fifth
century before Christ and that of the
Essenes. which fourished during the
Savior's time.
by anarchy we hope TO establish some
similarly glorious community, of which
all mankind shall foreyermore dwell to-
gether in unity. There will be no rich
and no poor, for all will own an equal
share in everything. There will be none
of the lawsuits, quarrels and murders
that the desire for individual property
occasions. The laws of harmony and
love alone will govern. That such 4
thing is possible has been abundantly
proven. The Shakers, Harmonists and
Zoarites, even though the two former
prohibit marriage, have fourished in
this country for nearly a century. If
such communistic peace and love and
happiness is possible for a small number
Of mankind, why not for all? If we shall
ever accomplish our purpose the result
will be worth even far greater sacrifice
of life than was required to free the
slaves of the south, and the bombs of the
Haymarket will not have exploded in
vain, nor will the execution of those OF
Us now under sentence of death be a
fruitless martyrdom."